Thousands throng Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation fair

More than 6,000 engineering graduates applied for new jobs at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) fair (mela) in Hyderabad on Tuesday, which also drew more than 3,500 applications from the Old City alone.

TNN | Nov 21, 2012, 04.08 AM IST

HYDERABAD: More than 6,000 engineering graduates applied for new jobs at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) fair (mela) in Hyderabad on Tuesday, which also drew more than 3,500 applications from the Old City alone.

While the GHMC had pegged the number of online registrations at more than 12,000, an additional 2,600 walk-in candidates had registered at the venue bringing the total number of registrations to 14,009. Out of the 5,100 candidates who were interviewed, 1,844 have been shortlisted by 55 companies.

Further, the counter for special needs people saw 69 registrations out of which 15 were hired on Tuesday.

Fresh graduates wearing colourful clothes were seen queuing up at the fair held at Masab Tank and inquiring about job opportunities.

However, many job seekers returned disappointed as they pointed out there were no multi-national companies at the job fair. They expressed their unhappiness at the large number of entry level jobs with base salaries between Rs 4,000 and Rs 8,000 only.

Pharmacy graduate K Sunita (name changed) from Ameerpet said that she was forced to return despite registering because not a single MNC was present.

Another B Pharm graduate Md Muzammil Ahmed said: "Apart from two pharmaceutical companies which deals in prescriptions, there are no pharma giants who offer jobs in pharmaco-vigilance and clinical research. The base salaries are also low. I was expecting Novartis and Parexel." There were also 1,003 applications from MCA graduates. "Like last time, weak communication skills among candidates remained a primary reason for many not getting jobs," Ayesha Rubina, the GHMC co-option member added.

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